POEM: Birthday

Published 31 January 2023 by Jason Crane

Birthday

today we’ll have
no cake
no candles
no balloons
no party hats
no presents
no wrapping paper
no singing
no silent wishes
no paper plates
no plastic forks
no noise makers
no confetti
no jolly good fellows
no and many mores
no laughter
no tears

and yet
and yet
and yet

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31 January 2023
State College PA